Road-wagon



3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

0. W. SALADEE.

ROAD WAGON.

No. 434,299. Patented Aug. 12, 1890.

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

O. W. SALADEE.

ROAD WAGON. v No. 434,299. Patented Aug. 12,1890.

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFF CE.

CYRUS IV. SALADEE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ROAD-WAGON.

srncmrcn'rrolv forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,299, dated August 12, 1890. Application filed April 1 1890. Serial No. 346,216. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, CYRUS W. SALADEE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Cleveland, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Platforms for Road-Wagons, of which the following is a specification embodying said invention,and which is more specifically pointed out in'the appended claims.

The invention consists in the employment of side springs arranged parallel to each other and extended to the axle from a fifth-wheel device secured to the bottom frame of the body in contradistinction of side springs that are radially extended from the bottom of the body to either axle, as heretofore adopted.

The object of my invention is to improve the appearance of the structure, to secure the short turning of the vehicle, and to simplify its manufacture, all as hereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a complete vehicle, in which is represented my said improvements. Fig. 2 is a detached plan View of the front platform. Fig. 3 is a detached planview of the rear platform seen. in Fig. 1, whereby the means for connecting the springs to prevent the rotation of this axle is disclosed. Fig. at is a rear elevation of the hind axle. Fig. 5 is afront elevation of the forward axle, as seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detached front view of the front cross-bar seen in Fig. 2, with a fifth-wheel in position and the side and center springs seen in cross-section. Fig. 7 is a detached front view of the rear cross-bar seen in Fig. 2, with the side and center springsseen in the crosssection. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the vehicle wherein the terminal ends of the springs are rigidly secured to the axle. Fig.9 is a detached plan view of the rear platform seen in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the front platform, omitting the central spring seen in Fig. 2. Fig. 11 is a front elevation of the cross-bar F seen in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a front elevation of the rear cross-bar H seen in Fig. 10. Fig. 13 isa detached side View of a piece of the body-sill, showing the manner of securing the cross-barsT seen iirFig. 9 to the bottom frame of the body.

These spring-platforms are independent of each other, and either may be used to support one end of the body, While some other Well-known meansmay be employed to sup port the opposite end.

I proceed with the construction of these spring-platforms respectively as follows, and

plates, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12, whereby to form the bridge-brace represeutedin these figures at F F- and H H. On the front bar F is carried the fifth-wheel coupling E E, and the king-bolt I, passing through the cross-sill of the body, connects the platform to the bottom of the body, as seen in Figs. 8 and 11.

The rearward bar H is supported upon and carried by a roller-bearing suspended from the bottom of the body by the dependent brackets D". The front ends of thesprings in this instance are rigidly clipped to the under sideof the axle, as'at J, Figs. 8 and 10. The platform turning "upon the king-bolt I will cause the cross-bar H to sweep around upon the oblong roller D as clearly shown in last-named figures. By the construction of this platform as above described it will be understood by reference to Fig.8 that the vibration of. the springs will rotate the axle;

but I can obviate this, Whendesired, in the better class of vehicles by employing the central spring A, (seen in Figs. 1 and 2,) in Which case the terminal eyes of the side springs are pivotally connected to the top of the axle and the center spring to the bottom, as at S S Fig. 1. The side springs in this instance are connected to the cross-bars F H and otherwise connected to the body, as already described. The rear end of the center spring A is supported upon a truss-brace H more clearly seen in Fig. 7, and a curved brace A further secures the rear end of this spring to the crossbar F, Fig. 6. In this case the rear cross-bar H is carried upon the friction-plate D, more clearly seen in Fig. 1. This plate has its rear end bent up and bolted to the center sill of the body, as at 3 and 4. Its forward end is extended to and takes the king-bolt I. This plate is further supported by the hanger-bolt D Fig. 1. Thus when turning the platform on the king-bolt I the rpm bar II sweeps around on the friction-plate D. The pivotal connection of the side and center springs is further shown in Fig. 5.

The rear platform for the cheaper grade of Work is seen in Figs. 8 and 9. In this instance the inner ends of the side springs B, which are parallel to each other, as before described, are bolted directly to the under surface of the side sills of the body, or, preferably, upon the outer ends of the cross-bars T T, and their terminal ends rigidly clipped to the axle, as at L. The spring-brace or axlestay B has its inner end rigidly secured to the under side of the side spring, and with the latter firmly clipped and bolted to the under side of the body-sill or cross-bars T T. The rear end of the axle-stay B is rigidly clipped to the under side of the axle at L the same as the side spring. W'hen preferred, the latter may be shackled to the axle. while the axlestays are rigidly connected thereto.

For the purpose of omitting the piercing of holes directly through the cross bars whereby to secure them to the body, I use an under plate T, Figs. 8 and 9, through which the bolt-holes 1, 2, 3, and 4: are pierced, as in Fig. 9, and then secured to the body-sill N, as in Fig. 11.

As seen in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, the side springs B have their inner ends bolted directly to the side sill of the body and their rear ends shackled to the under side of the axle at K, which is arched up at this point, so as to carry the terminal eye of the side spring in a higher plane than the axle-stay B, which lat ter is shackled to the depressed portion of the axle, as at K, which admits of carrying the rear ends of the side springs and axlestay in different horizontal planes. The front ends of the axle-stays B are in this case secured to the side springs or bottom of the body in a lower plane than the side springs, and are preferably secured to a downwardlycurved brace B formed from the under plate of the side springs, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3. A cross-bar T also connects the inner ends of the axle-stays, as at 0, C and 0 (See Fig. 8.) Avertical spool C, Fig. 1, is interposed between the bar'T and the under side of the springB at this point. The springs and stays being thus secured in different horizontal planes, the rotation of the axle by their vibration is prevented.

\Vithout limiting my claims to the precise arrangement of the several parts shownand described, I claim- 1. The combination, in a front spring-platform for road-wagons, side springs extended from the bottom of the body to the axle, the rear ends of said springs being united by two cross-bars, the front bar of the pair connected to the body by a king-bolt or fifth-wheel device and the rear bar supported upon afriction or roller bearing suspended from the bottom of said body, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a front spring-platform for road-wagons, side springs arranged parallel to each other and extended from the axle to the body, the inner ends of said springs being connected by cross-bars, and a fifth-wheel device or king-bolt coupling interposed between said bars and the bottom frame of the body and rearwardly supported upon a roller-bearing, substantially as shown, andfor the purpose set forth. 1

3. The combination, in a spring-platform of the character described, side springs arranged parallel to each other and extended from a fifth-wheel device to the axle, the inner ends of said springs being connected by cross-bars F and II, said bars being bridgebraced by the lower cross-bars F H, the latter adapted to ride upon a friction or roller bearing suspended from the bottom of the body, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, in a front spring-platform for road-wagons, side springs arranged parallel to each other and extended from the bottom of the body to the axle, the rear ends of said springs being connected to the body by a fiftlr wheel device supported at the rear of the king-bolt upon a friction or roller bearing suspended from the bottom of the body, and an intermediate central spring also extended from said fifth-wheel frame to the axle, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, ina rear spring-platform of the character described, parallel side springs B B, diagonally arranged axle-stays B B, axle L, and cross-bars T T, which latter are secured to the bottom frame of the body and their outer ends being adapted to maintain the inner ends of said side springs and axlestays, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination, in a rear spring-platform of the character described, the parallel arrangement of the side springs B B, the lat ter having the inner ends of one or more of their main plates B curved downward to form the seat 0 on which to rigidly secure the inner end of the diagonallyarranged axle-stay B, cross-bar T, and the vertical spool C, interposed between said cross-bar and the spring B, substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination, in a rear spring-platform of the character described, the axle L, arched upwardly at or near its opposite ends, side springs B, having their terminal ends pivotally connected to the under side of the arch at K, and the rear ends of the stays B, shackled to the depressed portion of the axle at K, whereby to carry the rear ends of said springs and stays in diiferent horizontal planes, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CYRUS \V. SALADEE.

\Vitnesses:

J. A. GRAIN, J. W. KENNEY.

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